So I just took off my IACV because my idle has been acting funny. I had cleaned it a week or two ago but I figured maybe it was leaking so Id throw a little rtv on the gasket surface. So I replaced it, plugged it in and now the car wont start!

No codes or anything, and sometimes it gives a little burp and tries to start but doesnt. Even feathering the gas doesnt do anything. It was running fine until the idle started moving around a little this morning and I need it to get to work in the morning! Help!

 

gasket on the surface....
it didn't clog it did it?

 

either it clogged something or it's leaking, I've experienced this problem with the IACV too many times, I don't even take it off anymore, need to make sure both sides are thoroughly cleaned and scraped b4 applying the new gasket, and that liquid gasket **** don't work half the time so use a real gasket :-\

I hate that crap, it's happend to me like 3x

EDIT:My orig post may be way off, I just re-read ur post and I read it wrong...


It's possible that junk got in there and solidified, try taking it off and cleaning it thoroughly again, I highly recommend having a new OEM gasket though :-\

 

Well it started without changing anything but it was surgin. Disconnected it and it idled perfect.

Now I go to start it again and it wont. Crap...its getting late and Im no further ahead.

 

Well I got it running. It seems though that I can get it back to a normal idle by screwing the idle screw in tighter. This works at least temporarily.